David Burrell

David Bakewell Burrell, C.S.C. (born 1 March 1933), a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross, is an American educator, theologian, writer and translator. He is the Theodore Hesburgh Professor emeritus in Philosophy and Theology at University of Notre Dame, USA.[1] He wrote around thirteen books on Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions. He knows several languages; he translated two books of Al-Ghazali from Arabic into English. He also taught comparative theology, ethics and development at Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi, Uganda; Tangaza College, Nairobi, Kenya; and Hebrew University, Jerusalem.[1][2] During 1960s, he was involved in Anti-Vietnam War Movement.[2] He is also a professor at Notre Dame University Bangladesh.[3]

For the American industrialist, inventor and philanthropist, see David H. Burrell.
David Bakewell Burrell
Born (1933-03-01) March 1, 1933
Akron, Ohio
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Notre Dame, Yale University, Gregorian University
OccupationProfessor, writer, and priest
AwardsHonorary doctorate in theology from Lund University (Sweden) 2008,

Aquinas medal from American Catholic Philosophical Association (2008),

John Courtney Murray award from Catholic Theological Society of America (2009).[1]

Bibliography

Books[4]
  • Analogy and Philosophical Language (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1973)
  • Exercises in Religious Understanding (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1974)
  • Aquinas: God and Action (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul/Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1979)
  • Knowing the Unknowable God: Ibn-Sina, Maimonides, Aquinas (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1986)
  • Freedom and Creation in Three Traditions (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1993)
  • Original Peace: Restoring God's Creations (with Elena Malits, C.S.C.) (New York: Paulist, 1997)
  • Friendship and Ways to Truth (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2000)
  • Faith and Freedom: An Interfaith Perspective (Oxford / Malden MA: Blackwell, 2004)
  • Deconstructing Theodicy: A Philosophical Commentary on Job (Grand Rapids MI: Brazos, 2008)
  • Aquinas: God and Action [re-issue] (Scranton PA: University of Scranton Press, 2008)
  • When Faith and Reason Meet: the Legacy of John Zahm CSC (Notre Dame IN: Corby Publishing, 2009)
  • Learning to Trust in Freedom: Signs from Jewish, Christian and Muslim Traditions (Scranton PA: University of Scranton Press, 2010)
  • Towards a Jewish -Christian-Muslim Theology (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)

Translations
  • Al-Ghazali on the Ninety-Nine Beautiful Names of God (translation from Arabic with Nazih Daher) (Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 1992; Louisville, KY: Fons Vitae, 1998)
  • Al-Ghazali on Faith in Divine Unity and Trust in Divine Providence (translation of Bk. 35 of Ihya' Ulum ad-Din) (Louisville, KY: Fons Vitae, 2000)
  • Roger Arnaldez's Three Messengers for one God (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1998) – with Mary Louise Gude, C.S.C. and Gerald Schlabach
  • Avital Wohlman's Al-Ghazali, Averroes and the Interpretation of the Qur'an: Common Sense and Philosophy in Islam (London: Routledge, 2009) – translated from Contrepoint entre le sens commun et la philosophy en Islam: Ghazali et Averroès (Paris: Editions du Cerf, 2008)

References
  1. "David Burrell Profile". www.nd.edu. University of Notre Dame. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  2. "David B. Burrell: Crucible of friendships". www.faithandleadership.com. Duke University. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  3. "Academic Council". Notre Dame University Bangladesh.
  4. "Biodata of David Burrell". www.nd.edu. University of Notre Dame. Archived from the original on 8 February 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
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